NCT05745922

Acute Effects of Endurance Exercise on Breast Milk Composition in Women With Overweight/Obesity

Acute Effects of Endurance Exercise With Moderate and High Intensity on Breast Milk Composition Among Women With Overweight/Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators will determine the acute effect of exercise on breastmilk composition. Participants will come in to the lab on three different days, out of which they will exercise on two of these days and rest in the lab on the third day. The conditions will be randomly allocated to each participant. Breastmilk samples will be obtained in the morning of each test day, as well as immediately after, one hour after and four hours after the exercise/rest condition. Dietary intake will be standardized on the test days.

Conditions

• Breast Milk Collection
• Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Moderate intensity exercise	Treadmill walking/running with moderate intensity
BEHAVIORAL	High intensity exercise	Treadmill walking/running with high intensity

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-01
• Primary completion: 2025-05-20
• Completion: 2025-05-20
• First posted: 2023-02-27
• Last updated: 2025-09-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway